long-case clock

"For use in the homes the long-case clock was the style favored," McPhearson responded.

It was perhaps four feet tall—an exact replica of a long-case clock.

The long-case clock had not only become acclimatized, but it had become thoroughly English.

But at any rate, the long-case clock may be generally accepted as coincident with the use of the long or seconds pendulum.

To collectors and connoisseurs the most desirable period of the long-case clock is from 1700 to about 1720.